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diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
index 1dd8eed..3cf1b3d 100755
--- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
@@ -49,4 +49,62 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote self' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'dies when no remote specified and no default remotes found' '
+
+	test_must_fail git ls-remote
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'use "origin" when no remote specified' '
+
+	git remote add origin "$(pwd)/.git" &&
+	git ls-remote >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected.all actual
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'use branch.<name>.remote if possible' '
+
+	#
+	# Test that we are indeed using branch.<name>.remote, not "origin", even
+	# though the "origin" remote has been set.
+	#
+
+	# setup a new remote to differentiate from "origin"
+	git clone . other.git &&
+	(
+		cd other.git &&
+		echo "$(git rev-parse HEAD)	HEAD"
+		git show-ref	| sed -e "s/ /	/"
+	) >exp &&
+
+	git remote add other other.git &&
+	git config branch.master.remote other &&
+
+	git ls-remote >actual &&
+	test_cmp exp actual
+
+'
+
+cat >exp <<EOF
+fatal: 'refs*master' does not appear to be a git repository
+fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'confuses pattern as remote when no remote specified' '
+	#
+	# Do not expect "git ls-remote <pattern>" to work; ls-remote, correctly,
+	# confuses <pattern> for <remote>. Although ugly, this behaviour is akin
+	# to the confusion of refspecs for remotes by git-fetch and git-push,
+	# eg:
+	#
+	#   $ git fetch branch
+	#
+
+	# We could just as easily have used "master"; the "*" emphasizes its
+	# role as a pattern.
+	test_must_fail git ls-remote refs*master >actual 2>&1 &&
+	test_cmp exp actual
+
+'
+
 test_done